Former White House press secretary Dana Perino is headed to George Washington University, where she'll teach a graduate class in political communication this fall.

Lindsay Lohan checked into Pickford Lofts, a "sober-living" house in L.A., on Wednesday, reports People. Why now? Either she wants to get a jump-start on her court-mandated rehab -- or hopes that a judge will alter or reduce her 90-day jail sentence, scheduled to begin Tuesday.

A Michigan couple was found guilty Thursday of trying to extort $680,000 from John Stamos, reports AP. Allison Coss and Scott Sippola threatened to sell pictures of the actor with strippers and cocaine to the tabloids. "There was no hot tub, no drugs, no nudity and nothing sexual in nature involved in my friendship with this woman," Stamos said after the verdict. "They lied about everything." They face up to five years in jail.